Otto, Lord of Lippe
Otto, Lord of Lippe was the ruling Count of Lippe-Lemgo from 1344 until his death.
Life
He was the son of Simon I and his wife, Adelaide of Waldeck.When his father died in 1344, Lippe was divided; Otto ruled the area around Lemgo, while his brother Bernard V ruled the area around Rheda.
Otto resided in Lemgo, which at the time consisted of two legally separate town: the Old Town and the New Town. In 1365, five years after Otto's death, these were amalgamated to form the Town of Lemgo.